Artificial Models of Natural Intelligence

General Information

The AmonI (pronounced /aa-mon-ee/) group at Bath are dedicated to understanding human and animal intelligence through the use of simulation and modelling.  Our strategy is to actively engage in research in the natural sciences while simulataneously using these experiences and our knowledge as engineers to develop software tools and AI techniques. The result is leading research in both natural and artificial intelligence.  Our goals are:

1. to maintain an active, publishing research group in the study of natural intelligence, and
2. to provide research platforms and other AI tools which are accessable to students and researchers, including those in the social and behavioral sciences.

Current Research

• Making NI Modelling Easier (Development Methodologies, Action Selection and Agent-Based Modelling)
  
• Naturalistic Emotions
• Task Learning in Individuals
  
• Social Behavior in Animals
  
• Social Learning and Cultural Evolution
• Biological Evolution and Development
• Naturalistic Neural Networks
• Robots, intelligent spaces, VR avatars and computer game characters.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Prospective Research Student Advice

Software

• Behavior Oriented Design & POSH action selection
• EE-FAS & the DER, for modelling emotions and emotional expressions
  
• Models of Social Behavior
• Learning Classifier Systems

Meetings & Seminar Series

• BAI Seminar Series
• Regional Meeting on Mathematics, Computation and Biology, June 2007.
• Modeling Natural Action Selection , July 2005.
  • The proceedings (published by AISB) is also online.
  • Related special issues:
    
  • Modelling Natural Action Selection in PTRS,B (September 2007). Buy this issue at a special price
    
  • Mechanisms of Action Selection, in Adaptive Behavior, in print since March 2007. (old CFP)

Funding and Acknowledgements